But on a fundamental point, Rajoy was right: the referendum was illegitimate, having been suspended by Spain’s constitutional court. It was anti-constitutional in a nation that has prospered since the end of Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 by replacing a caudillo’s whim with the law and by joining the family of rules-based European democracies.
Spain has also decentralized to a significant degree; no visitor to Barcelona perceives a city suffering from a lack of self-confidence or the suffocating tutelage of Madrid.
Carles Puigdemont, the leader of Catalonia’s autonomous regional government, plunged ahead with the vote despite inadequate preparation and in defiance not only of the government in Madrid and court orders but also of the many Catalans — nearly 50 percent of the population, according to opinion polls — who do not favor independence and would not take part in the referendum.
Un desgarro capsular. Me hice uno jugando al baloncesto una vez; me dijeron que me vendara el dedo con esparadrapo y evitase doblarlo durante unos dias.
Que gran pais. Yo tambien quiero ser catalan.
Fdo. Sanchez Gordillo.